July 2010
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Follow the yellow brick road.
When I think about a comic strip, the first thing that comes to mind is the suspension of time, and narrative through out at the comic book, there are a lot of people who deal with the idea of the compact narrative or blow out narrative that can only take places between the grid-like structures of the comic book.
Jakup Ferri who hails from Kosovo dealing with such narratives, but instead of...
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A set for nothing in particular
Jim Shaw is an amazing artist that I am sure most of you are familiar with, his work draws from the contemporary american politics.
His aptly named piece entitled Labyrinth plays out the great set of the American landscape. His lighthearted drawings carry a serious undertone of deceit, corruption and down write complication.
Shaw deals with something that I am very interested in, the...
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Never too much Fudge
I hope you are enjoying my posts, I wanted to contribute something light hearted but are also critically engaging.
I have to say I opened the “boyknights” link right in the middle of my family room. It was certainly scandalous thank god for alt+tab.
Trevis Millard is a wonderful artist that has taken on the task of dealing with myth, fantasy, human waste, childhood and wonder.
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boyknights.com →
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Great Expectations →
When looking at a comic one, is entranced by the event or the action that is unfolding through out the colorful pages, Niklaus Rüeggs body of work entiled Spunk confronts that very expectation. Through creating elaborate narratives in the comic or graphic novel if you will, the reader is conditioned to have a sort of expectation when looking at the grid like format with colorful backgrounds...
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Episodic Extremities →
Elena Ciobanu’s Superhero Series deals with the extraordinary circumstances and “manifestations” with the common every dayness of Japanese society, by photographing the everyday jobs that the normal work force with in Japan perform Ciobanu brings the banality of the everyday life of Japan under the microscope and exploding them into a beautiful series of amazing images. With...
Tiny Foxes: A emergence of horror →
Ever since helping Cottage Home install the show “Support Group” featuring Mateo Tannatt a strapping young lad who recently graduated UCLA MFA sculpture program. One of his contributions with in this show involved having an office above the main gallery in which he used for a…
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Watchw-h-i-t-e:
6/25/2010
Choosing Sides →
I often wonder if given the choice of between good and evil, what side would I choose and how would that effect my super hero name.
Here is a website that solves all these problems.
For the super hero or villain on the go, this website sorts things out for them. - Tiny Foxes
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Alphame 1st Growth- CORTAUD HAD IT EASY
by Johnnie JungleGuts
“WE’RE COMING UP ON A CLEARING. YOU CAN PROBABLY GET SOME CLEAN KILLS UP THERE” “WELL I’M NOT BLIND!” It was the usual job for Barry Neider and Butch Leripo. The two men could barely hear each other over the hum of the helicopter, which flew low over the snowy trees. Barry, a former crop duster, flew the craft, while Butch leaned out the...
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